ChiramiN5 kanji · 14 strokes
読 means read
読
言 to say · 売 to sell
読Memory trick
Saying words out loud (言), like a market seller (売): to read.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- read
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) よむ yomu
よむ (yomu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) ドク doku
ドク (doku) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: トク toku, トウ tou
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
読む よむ · yomu
to read
Built from
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士 Used in 28 kanji
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What does 読 mean?
Right: 読 means read.Not quite: 読 means read.In 読む, which reading does 読 use?
Right. 読む is read よむ (yomu): 読 takes よ, its Japanese reading, with む after it.Not quite. 読む is read よむ (yomu): 読 takes よ, its Japanese reading, with む after it.